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East London. The grounds for cutting off the water were as follows : on account
of defective water pipes in 23 instances, premises being demolished in 20, waste on
empty premises 20, waste on occupied premises 8, by request of consumer 3, and because
water was not required in two instances.
There were no complaints received as to the quality of the water supplied in the
Borough and there was no reason for suspecting the occurrence of any illness due to
the water.
In accordance with the requirements of Section 78 of the London County
Council (General Powers) Act, 1907, additional water taps were provided at 78
dwelling houses occupied by members of more than one family. In most instances
a water supply was provided on one of the floors above the ground. In a few
on more than one floor. Sinks were provided as well, but there is no statutory
authority for insisting on these. In several instances which are referred to later
(page 41) it was necessary to take legal proceedings before the provision of the
additions to the water supplies were secured.
SANITARY WORK.
Preliminary notices as to insanitary conditions were served in respect to 3,178
premises. Of these 412 were dealt with under the supervision of Inspector Firth,
674 under Inspector Jordan, 404 Inspector Langstone, 557 Inspector Pearson, 563
Inspector Stokes, and 568 under the supervision of Inspector Wright. Inspector
Wright commenced his duties on February 23rd. Inspector Jordan was absent for a
month during November and December owing to illness. In connection with the
work arising out of the services of the notices, some 791 letters were sent to owners
of property, builders and others concerned.
Some 31,735 visits of inspection were made by the sanitary inspectors during the
year. The premises under inspection included dwelling houses, artisans dwellings
of which a special inspection was made, houses let in lodgings, outworker's premises,
factories, workshops, laundries and bakehouses under the Factory and Workshop's
Acts, cowsheds and milk vendors' premises, ice-cream shops, slaughter-houses, and
premises where food is prepared and sold.
In the subjoined table is contained a summary giving an idea as to the nature
of the work done for the abatement of nuisances and for improving the dwellings
of the people in the Borough, which has been compiled from the abstracts of their
work prepared by the sanitary inspectors:—